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The 2022 Con Edison Power Up Neighborhood Match is closed.

 

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Double Your Resource Organizing! ioby NYC Match Programs for 2022
April 1, 2022 12:00 PM EST
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This program doubles donations up to $5,000 for projects that: 

  • Promote local solutions to environmental issues.
  • Make your neighborhood greener through caring for parks, gardens, or street trees, and encourage resident use of and engagement with green spaces.
  • Beautify and enliven communities with the visual and performing arts, make art more accessible to a broad audience, or engage community members in the creation of art.
  • Projects must take place in an eligible location in New York City and Westchester County. 
  • Please click the eligibility details below for further information and examples.

Eligibility Details

 

How does it work? 

When you crowdfund on ioby for a project that is eligible for this match, donations will be doubled instantly so you can raise the money you need twice as fast. If someone donates $25, your page will reflect a donation of $50!

Enrollment in ioby match programs is always first come, first served, so start soon for a better chance to double up to $5,000 from your donors. 

Share your idea to get started!

 

Simply share your idea with the ioby team, and we’ll confirm within 1-2 business days if your project is eligible for match program. Then you can fill out your ioby crowdfunding page and begin fundraising, with support from our experienced team of fundraising coaches. First-time fundraisers are welcome—we’re here to help! While you fundraise, donations to your page will be instantly doubled so your fundraising work goes twice as far. 

 

Completely new to ioby and crowdfunding?

Learn more about ioby! 

If your project isn’t the right fit for this match program, you may still be eligible to fundraise on ioby without matching funds, which will still give you access to our training materials, low-fees, fiscal sponsorship, and one-on-one support from an experienced ioby Leader Success Strategist. 

 

Support a project below and get your donation doubled, or start a project of your own to be featured here!

  • Canal Park_ Reclaimed & Replanted

    KEEP CANAL PARK ALIVE

    PLEASE HELP CANAL PARK FLOURISH AS A GREEN OASIS OF NATURAL BEAUTY IN OUR COMMUNITY

    NEEDS: $0 of 11,875 + Volunteers
  • Emerging artist Grace Nkem connecting with local communities and high school students. We lend artwork.

    Bring Art to Students' Homes

    Students can borrow mounted prints of paintings by local artists, and get to meet them too.

    NEEDS: $0 of 5,134 + Volunteers

  • Friends of 4: BX Pet's Day at the Park

    A fun-filled day at the park to celebrate our pets and their families! This event is chock-full of games, prizes, freebies, pet wellness information, and so much more!

    NEEDS: $0 of 7,869 + Volunteers

  • Habla Environmentalism

    Exploring the history of environmentalism through a Latino- Caribbean Lens to teach our neighbors that this is not new to us, it is who we are

    NEEDS: $0 of 5,550

Need inspiration? See all the projects funded through the 2021 Con Edison Power Up Neighborhood Match here.  

About ioby

ioby stands for “in our backyards,” but it also stands for taking care of each other, for civic participation, and for trusting neighbors to know what’s best for the neighborhood. Neighbors nationwide have raised over $13 million on ioby for projects that make their communities healthier, greener, safer, and more livable. When you post a project on ioby you can collect tax-deductible donations, find new donors and volunteers, and receive one-on-one fundraising coaching.

Questions about ioby matches? Contact us at Miriam@ioby.org 

This program is made possible with the generous support of Con Edison.